Tamara Pemovska is a mixed-methods public health researcher with experience coordinating and conducting implementation science, health policy and mental health research. She has designed and led collaborative knowledge exchange work with a wide range of stakeholder audiences to support the take-up of research in policy and practice.
She previously worked at the Mental Health Policy Research Unit (MHPRU) at University College London (UCL), undertaking research aimed at building evidence to inform policies regarding mental health services in the UK. At the MHPRU, she led on co-produced evidence syntheses with lived experience researchers focused on improving mental health care for autistic adults and young people and worked closely with policymakers to bridge the know-do gap in this area. Additionally, she played a key role in research evaluating early interventions for young people experiencing mental health difficulties and reviewing evidence regarding the mental health impact of the COVID pandemic. At UCL, Tamara also taught qualitative research methods and supervised students at postgraduate level.
Previously while working at a WHO Collaborating Centre for Mental Health Service Development at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), Tamara coordinated a multi-site effectiveness-implementation trial assessing an innovative psychosocial intervention for people with severe mental illness in five low- and middle-income countries in Southeast Europe. At QMUL, she also managed another international research programme involving observational, trials within cohorts, and qualitative study designs to investigate resilience in young people with and without mental distress from urban neighbourhoods in three Latin American countries.
At CEI, Tamara’s work includes evidence syntheses, evaluations, and assessing scalability. She works on a variety of topics, including employment of young people, prevention of school exclusion, and improvement of literacy and numeracy skills in nursery and school settings.
Tamara holds an MSc in Public Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She completed a BSc in Liberal Arts and Sciences (major in Biomedical Sciences, minor in Psychology) at University College Utrecht, Netherlands.